Europeana — Europeana 1914-1918 · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Cultural object · Europeana
TEXT- Contributor
- europeana19141918:agent/1ac81808fdbd59eb4079c30d799c081d
- Medium
- Story
- Year
- 1914
- Place
- europeana19141918:place/9ca4136ba360bec2e9241f2160fde71f
- Country
- Europe
- Provider
- Europeana 1914-1918
- Collection
- 2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU
Jean Leroy, father of the donor, born in 1885 in Albert (Somme), was mobilized during the First World War, as a sergeant in the 150th infantry. Wounded by shrapnel in the shoulder and anemic, he was sent by train via Marseille and Nice to Menton to the military hospital and then to the mixed hospital: he had trouble raising his arm during his convalescence. From Menton, he corresponded with his parents (Mr. and Mrs. Jules Leroy either at 125 rue Legendre in Paris, or depending on the period at M
World War I
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